update for 2.3.8

[ppp.git] / README.sol2

diff --git a/README.sol2 b/README.sol2
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--- a/README.sol2
+++ b/README.sol2
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.2 on systems
+This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.3 on systems
 running Solaris 2.  The Solaris 2 and SVR4 ports share a lot of code
 but are not identical.  The STREAMS kernel modules and driver for
 Solaris 2 are in the svr4 directory (and use some code from the
 modules directory).
 
+This version has been tested under Solaris 2.6.
+
+NOTE: Although the kernel driver and modules have been designed to
+operate correctly on SMP systems, they have not been extensively
+tested on SMP machines.  Some users of SMP Solaris x86 systems have
+reported system problems apparently linked to the use of previous
+versions of this software.  I believe these problems have been fixed.
+
+
 Installation.
 *************
 
@@ -13,13 +22,19 @@ kernel modules.
        ./configure
        make
 
+If you wish to use gcc (or another compiler) instead of Sun's cc, edit
+the svr4/Makedefs file and uncomment the definition of CC.  You can
+also change the options passed to the C compiler by editing the COPTS
+definition.
+
 2. Install the programs and kernel modules: as root, do
 
        make install
 
 This installs pppd, chat and pppstats in /usr/local/bin and the kernel
 modules in /kernel/drv and /kernel/strmod, and creates the /etc/ppp
-directory and populates it with default configuration files.
+directory and populates it with default configuration files.  You can
+change the installation directories by editing svr4/Makedefs.
 
 If your system normally has only one network interface, the default
 Solaris 2 system startup scripts will disable IP forwarding in the IP
@@ -28,5 +43,6 @@ local machine as a gateway to access other hosts.  The solution is to
 create an /etc/ppp/ip-up script containing something like this:
 
        #!/bin/sh
-       /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 2
+       /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 1
 
+See the man page for ip(7p) for details.